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Fear the fear

What is your greatest fear? I still remember that journal prompt from my 7th grade English class. I thought about my many, many fears and wondered how I could possible choose just one. I made a list and kept adding to it. I was afraid of loved ones dying, heights, not being ‘good enough’, snakes, […]

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can you risk it?

Risk adverse or risk mindful? You risk your life by not being mindful of risk. But you risk actually living your life by being too risk adverse. Risk mindful – take it into consideration, make decisions carefully and appropriately. I am careful of the when…I don’t make big decisions after dark, under the influence of

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work

  The five o’clock shadow Looms But not on my chin I’m just waiting for the work to end   When it does I’m more than ready   Yet I find myself Drifting back in Unfinished thoughts Interactions on replay   If only I could clock out and be out or at least get paid

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evolution of being

  There is an unfolding of time and place   An etching of experiences A living, breathing, multi-dimensional map   Depicting your personal ventures and explorations Shape and substance is developed Day by day Hour upon hour   The choices you make The routes you take   There is an evolution to being   Life

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Tomorrow

  I watch the pastel hues fade Knowing the darkness will rise   My eyes scan across the silhouette of the ridge As if somewhere on the other side Offers the promise of tomorrow   But it is never really a promise, is it? A hope for some, an expectation for others But a promise?

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a work of art

The Borghese galleries were the top priority on my agenda for the day. By the time Rome was just beginning to awaken, I was already half way there. Picking up the pace, I clutched my purse tightly to my side and prayed it contained the very detailed list from my mother. Whenever traveling, my mother

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